MovieChat Forums > American Ninja (1985) Discussion > Goldmine of Awesomeness - Now I understa...

Goldmine of Awesomeness - Now I understand the meaning of 'TIMELESS'


Ok so I've re-watched this priceless gem sporadically every 5 years or so since I was 5 years old (beginning circa 1991) and I have to say, upon my latest viewing via the sky 1080i version, I'm left once again completely blown away to smithereens. Micheal Linn should be given a honorary Oscar right now - even if the academy is not giving out awards - he should be honored one right now. This film without a doubt possesses one of the most creative, versatile and solidifying movie scores of all time. This is one of the 3 films that has inspired me to enroll in a music composition degree, and albeit as tricky as the course is - upon re-watching this absolute masterpiece from the mid 80's - I remain truly blown away, inspired and breath-taken.

The amount of motif's and themes Micheal Linn incorporates into each sequence and passage of this film, it leaves me breathless. I mean the producers and the director ok'ed re-using massive passages of his score over and over in this film cause clearly the music enriched in them is adaptable to work in many different scenes as it is utterly brilliant. The entire final act in this film is essentially the music from the first act, and it works flawlessly. Even better than it works in the first act, albeit it functions flawlessly in the first act.

The whole film is just a masterful piece of work inside and out, backward and forwards, in and out, any *beep* terminology and euphuism you want to apply - it works in this film. I just love it to pieces. The acting, the dialogue, the creativity is boundless and endless. I just hope the new cannon documentary makes it the main focus of the story cause this is without a doubt the Citizen Kane of undiscovered and officially under-praised films of all time. Absolute human spirit brilliance. This is the film that makes you almost forget we evolved from an ape and that we belong to a different class all on it own. I just hope we get an interview from Sam Firstenberg in which he discusses his first experience and feelings of seeing the film with Micheal Linn's score, because I have re-watched the film every several years since 1991 and I'm blown to absolute smithereens and left in absolute awe every time.

reply

reply